Australian (ASX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 06 Dec 2023	AU$77.3b	AU$140.9b	AU$3.7b	17.2x	20.9x	0.5x
Fri, 03 Nov 2023	AU$77.2b	AU$141.2b	AU$3.8b	16.7x	20.5x	0.5x
Sun, 01 Oct 2023	AU$80.9b	AU$141.2b	AU$3.8b	17.8x	21.4x	0.6x
Tue, 29 Aug 2023	AU$82.4b	AU$141.2b	AU$3.8b	18.5x	21.8x	0.6x
Thu, 27 Jul 2023	AU$87.4b	AU$138.8b	AU$4.0b	20x	22.1x	0.6x
Sat, 24 Jun 2023	AU$89.3b	AU$138.8b	AU$3.9b	20.5x	22.7x	0.6x
Mon, 22 May 2023	AU$87.5b	AU$138.8b	AU$3.9b	20.7x	22.2x	0.6x
Wed, 19 Apr 2023	AU$88.5b	AU$138.1b	AU$4.0b	21.6x	22.2x	0.6x
Fri, 17 Mar 2023	AU$85.2b	AU$138.1b	AU$4.0b	21.3x	21.4x	0.6x
Sun, 12 Feb 2023	AU$85.3b	AU$135.8b	AU$3.7b	22.8x	23.1x	0.6x
Tue, 10 Jan 2023	AU$79.6b	AU$135.8b	AU$3.7b	21x	21.5x	0.6x
Thu, 08 Dec 2022	AU$82.1b	AU$135.8b	AU$3.7b	21.3x	22.2x	0.6x
Sat, 05 Nov 2022	AU$79.2b	AU$134.2b	AU$3.7b	20.6x	21.7x	0.6x
Mon, 03 Oct 2022	AU$81.0b	AU$134.2b	AU$3.7b	20.9x	22.2x	0.6x
Wed, 31 Aug 2022	AU$86.4b	AU$134.2b	AU$3.7b	22.2x	23.6x	0.6x
Fri, 29 Jul 2022	AU$90.1b	AU$130.7b	AU$3.5b	25.2x	26.1x	0.7x
Sun, 26 Jun 2022	AU$86.1b	AU$130.0b	AU$3.5b	23.9x	24.9x	0.7x
Tue, 24 May 2022	AU$85.6b	AU$130.0b	AU$3.5b	23.9x	24.8x	0.7x
Thu, 21 Apr 2022	AU$92.9b	AU$128.7b	AU$3.3b	25x	28.5x	0.7x
Sat, 19 Mar 2022	AU$86.0b	AU$128.7b	AU$3.3b	23.8x	26.4x	0.7x
Mon, 14 Feb 2022	AU$79.3b	AU$126.1b	AU$3.4b	21.4x	23.6x	0.6x
Wed, 12 Jan 2022	AU$83.7b	AU$126.1b	AU$3.4b	22.1x	24.9x	0.7x
Fri, 10 Dec 2021	AU$91.1b	AU$126.1b	AU$3.4b	23.7x	27.1x	0.7x
Sun, 07 Nov 2021	AU$90.1b	AU$124.8b	AU$3.2b	29.1x	27.9x	0.7x
Tue, 05 Oct 2021	AU$89.9b	AU$124.8b	AU$3.2b	28.9x	27.9x	0.7x
Thu, 02 Sep 2021	AU$92.8b	AU$124.8b	AU$3.2b	27.9x	28.7x	0.7x
Sat, 31 Jul 2021	AU$89.6b	AU$124.8b	AU$3.2b	26.7x	27.8x	0.7x
Tue, 04 May 2021	AU$76.4b	AU$113.8b	AU$2.6b	29.1x	29.3x	0.7x
Fri, 05 Feb 2021	AU$80.3b	AU$124.4b	AU$2.7b	29.8x	29.6x	0.6x

Current Industry PE

Investors are pessimistic on the Australian Consumer Retailing industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 20.9x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 25.1x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.65x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 5.0% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Australian Consumer Staples industry?


AU Market	0.48%
Consumer Staples	0.99%
Food and Staples Retail	1.19%
Food Retail	1.59%
Drug Retail	0%
Big Box Super Stores	0%
Food Distributors	-4.05%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 28.8x.

Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 6.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 4.6% per year.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 14.1x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 6.7% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 4.6% per year.

In contrast, the Food Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 5.8% per year over the next few years.

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
WOW Woolworths Group	AU$35.01	1.5% +AU$633.1m	0.7%	PE26.3x
EDV Endeavour Group	AU$5.08	3.0% +AU$268.6m	-28.1%	PE17.2x
COL Coles Group	AU$15.35	1.1% +AU$226.6m	-9.2%	PE19.6x

Company

Last Price

Valuation

WOW Woolworths Group

AU$35.01

1.5%
+AU$633.1m

0.7%

PE26.3x

EDV Endeavour Group

AU$5.08

3.0%
+AU$268.6m

-28.1%